• amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org
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    The left isn’t doing enough to address the cost of living crisis so people vote for the opposition even if it’s worse.

    I blame the left, always, because they should and do know better. They choose to be greedy, entitled pieces of shit that focus on anything but reducing the disparity in wealth.

    They would rather have fascism than communism, so that’s what they get every time.

      • amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org
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        If the left genuinely wanted to combat fascism, then they would work to reduce the disparity in wealth.

        The solutions are right in front of our faces, but we refuse to enact them because that would mean taking power away from our rulers and putting it back in the hands of workers.

        The left is doing their part to make sure fascism succeeds, and we should hold them accountable for it if we want fascism to fail.

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          Our Left party absolutely intends to do that and is very public about that intention. But they’ve never been part of a federal government, because not enough people vote for them. So how are they to blame? If anything, blame the centrists and conservatives currently in power.

        • Ooops@feddit.org
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          Which left is in power to actually fight anything? The right fucks us over for decades, then screams “blame the left” and like the guy with propaganda-induced brain damage you are, you believe and parrot it.

    • stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml
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      I do not think that generalisation quite holds. The Left was never part of a federal government, and the party consistently advocated higher wages, stronger workers’ rights, and broader social protections.

      That said, to be fair, The Left was often part of state governments in eastern Germany. In that context, it did have at least limited opportunities to legislate in favour of ordinary people. Many of those people nevertheless grew frustrated and felt let down, because their economic situation did not improve under left-led governments. I would argue, however, that this is only secondary. Primarily, I’d say the rise of the AfD is due to factors rooted in federal politics, flawed decisions made after German reunification, globalisation, deficits regarding political education, and in more recent years: Russian influence.